<If criticism of the President is anti-American, then from 1992 to 2000, rightists would have been guilty of rabid anti-Americanism.

If simple criticism of our politicians was anti-American, it would be damn hard to find someone who did not fall into that category. And if you look at what I said, I didn't say anything about criticising the President. I said:

"...if one's remarks look to be not just critical of the approach your government is taking, but is actively supportive of an enemy and disparaging of one's own country."

Supporting values, nations, and political systems actively hostile to America and its values and political institutions, while deriding the latter, would seem to qualify as anti-American, and if patriotism is defined as support of one's own nation, or more specifically the professed values of that nation, then the lack of that would seem to qualify as not being patriotic.

After all, the term "anti-American" does have a precise meaning, and so does "patriot."